California Water Service Group (CWT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

California Water Service Group (NYSE: CWT) is a water utility holding company that provides regulated water service to residential, commercial, industrial and public-sector customers. Its operating companies collect, treat, test and distribute drinking water through local water systems, while also maintaining the wells, reservoirs, treatment facilities, pipelines and other infrastructure needed to deliver reliable service.

The company operates primarily through California Water Service Company, along with subsidiaries serving customers in Hawaii, New Mexico and Washington. Its service territories include communities across California as well as selected areas of Hawaii, New Mexico and Washington. In addition to supplying water, the company supports conservation, water-quality protection, infrastructure improvements and emergency preparedness within the communities it serves.

California Water Service Group traces its history to California Water Service Company, which was established in 1926. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Martin A. Kropelnicki.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $45.63 to $46.20
• 50-Day Range: $45.95 to $52.51
• 52-Week Range: $41.29 to $53.82
• Volume: 360,839 shs
• Average Volume: 485,495 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.77
• Dividend Yield: 2.91%
• Price Target: $54.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

California Water Service Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

California Water Service Group scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 46th out of 95 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

California Water Service Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

California Water Service Group has a consensus price target of $54.00, representing about 17.1% upside from its current price of $46.11.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

California Water Service Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.84%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for California Water Service Group are expected to grow by 5.84% in the coming year, from $2.57 to $2.72 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of California Water Service Group is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of California Water Service Group is 20.77, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.98.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

California Water Service Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.63. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

California Water Service Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.94% of the float of California Water Service Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

California Water Service Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.29.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in California Water Service Group has recently decreased by 0.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

California Water Service Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.91%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

California Water Service Group has been increasing its dividend for 59 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of California Water Service Group is 60.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, California Water Service Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.26% next year. This indicates that California Water Service Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.34

News Sentiment

California Water Service Group has a news sentiment score of 1.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for California Water Service Group this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for CWT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added California Water Service Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, California Water Service Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $211,474.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.78% of the stock of California Water Service Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.78% of the stock of California Water Service Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 8/21 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/21 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/21/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Water Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Water Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CWT
• CIK: 1035201
• Web: www.calwatergroup.com
• Phone: (408) 367-8200
• Fax: 831-427-9185
• Employees: 1,336
• Year Founded: 1926

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for California Water Service Group: $54.00
• High Price Target: $54.00
• Low Price Target: $54.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.77
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.94
• P/E Growth: 1.63
• Net Income: $128.21 million
• Net Margins: 12.63%
• Pretax Margin: 12.59%
• Return on Equity: 7.74%
• Return on Assets: 2.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.81
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.00 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.85
• Cash Flow: $4.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.97
• Book Value: $28.39 per share
• Price / Book: 1.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 61,840,000
• Free Float: 61,357,000
• Market Cap: $2.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.50